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UNABLE TO LOAD ANY PAGES SINCE DOWNLOADING VERS.3.6.6 UPDATE--ALWAYS GET TIMEOUT MESSAGE

AnonymousUser
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UPDATED VER. 3.6.6 AND SINCE THAN UNABLE TO LOAD ANY INTERNET PAGES--RECEIVE TIMEUOT MESSAGE- HAVE CHECKED FIREWALL, ANTIVIRUS NO PROBLEMS THERE. CHECKED INTERNET SETTINGS ALL OK. AM USING WINDOWS XP. PROBLEM ONLY OCCURS ON ONE ACCOUNT ON COMPUTER--SECONDARY ACCOUNT RUNS FINE WITH UPDATE.

This happened

Every time Firefox opened

DOWNLOADED VER. 3.6.6 UPDATE

User Agent

Mozilla/4.0 (compatible; MSIE 6.0; Windows NT 5.1; SV1; .NET CLR 1.1.4322; InfoPath.1)

UPDATED VER. 3.6.6 AND SINCE THAN UNABLE TO LOAD ANY INTERNET PAGES--RECEIVE TIMEUOT MESSAGE- HAVE CHECKED FIREWALL, ANTIVIRUS NO PROBLEMS THERE. CHECKED INTERNET SETTINGS ALL OK. AM USING WINDOWS XP. PROBLEM ONLY OCCURS ON ONE ACCOUNT ON COMPUTER--SECONDARY ACCOUNT RUNS FINE WITH UPDATE. == This happened == Every time Firefox opened == DOWNLOADED VER. 3.6.6 UPDATE == == User Agent == Mozilla/4.0 (compatible; MSIE 6.0; Windows NT 5.1; SV1; .NET CLR 1.1.4322; InfoPath.1)

Chosen solution

See if this is your problem.

Firefox 3.6.6 = a new preference was added to the Connection Settings proxy preferences in Tools > Options > Advanced >> Network tab - Connection = Settings = Use system proxy settings

The default setting is for Use system proxy settings,

Select No proxy and restart Firefox.

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the-edmeister
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Chosen Solution

See if this is your problem.

Firefox 3.6.6 = a new preference was added to the Connection Settings proxy preferences in Tools > Options > Advanced >> Network tab - Connection = Settings = Use system proxy settings

The default setting is for Use system proxy settings,

Select No proxy and restart Firefox.

AnonymousUser
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Not sure how to reply directly, but thanks to the ed-meister your solution worked and firefox is back up and running again.

the-edmeister
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You're welcome.